Declaration of the establishment of
ASCA Overseas Cultural Exchange
at
Malwatte Temple of Sri Lanka
April 1993, April 1993, The Supreme Council of Maha Sangha of Malwatte Temple (General Headquarters of Theravada Buddhism) headed by the Most Venerable Vipassi, Mahanayaka Maha Thero (equivalent to the Pope in the Christian world) decided to confer the honorary title of living Buddha “Sri Shanti Sukha Sadhini” (great, shining, holly female god of peace) to Dr. Michiko Ito.